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Titanic director James Cameron, was honored for his new cartoon The Smurfs, Avatar, which won the Oscar in 1000 another. No doubt, people are already configured not need to win all the prizes every year for every little thing? There should be a robust love price, which is never the same recipient twice. Each year, the theme song can be sung by a different Hit Wonder.

• No need to worry about the wonders of a sudden with the Polar Prize, the Swedish krona million musical genius Gong received this week by Patti Smith and the Kronos Quartet. Last year I went to Björk and Ennio Morricone. Of the 36 individuals to be honored by the award polar, between 1992 and 2009, only four were women. Maybe in the future and Ennios Björks be honored by the Mercury Prize, the winner will be announced next week. Current favorites are Adele and PJ Harvey, although the highest point of Mercury took place in 2009 when five women were selected together.

and thus the Man Booker, won last year by Howard Jacobson. 2011 Booker list also be announced next week. Hopefully this does the monkey International Booker, won this year by Philip Roth. Among the 12 other finalists were eight men and four women. Then there is the price PEN / Pinter, to be awarded to David Hare, in October. The two previous winners were Hanif Kureishi and Tony Harrison.